112 methods of meditation from ancient Shaiva text Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Описание: Complete set of 112 meditation methods presented in form of sanskrit 2-line couplets as well as their Hindi Meaning.
A. Breath-based methods (1–16)
Awareness at the pause after inhalation
Awareness at the pause after exhalation
Following breath from inside to outside
Following breath from outside to inside
Gentle retention without force
Sudden breath stop (naturally, not forcibly)
Breathing with awareness of spine
Breath dissolving into space
Breath merging with sound
Slow subtle breathing awareness
Fast breathing awareness
Breath becoming imperceptible
Awareness of breath touching nostrils
Awareness of breath in the heart
Breath as wave in the body
Breath dissolving mind into stillness

B. Sound, mantra & vibration (17–29)
Listening to inner sound (anahata)
Awareness between two sounds
Chanting and dissolving into silence
Hearing distant sounds attentively
Sound fading into silence
Mantra rising and falling with breath
Sound as vibration in body
Music awareness without judgment
Echo awareness
Sudden loud sound shock awareness
Silent humming awareness
Awareness of word before meaning
Awareness of silence after sound

C. Visual & light awareness (30–43)
Gazing into clear sky
Gazing into darkness
Gazing at flame
Gazing at space between eyebrows
Awareness of inner light
Closing eyes after seeing light
Sudden visual shock awareness
Seeing forms dissolve into formless
Visualizing body as light
Seeing without naming
Awareness between blinks
Seeing movement stop
Awareness of reflection
Visual awareness dissolving seer

D. Body & energy awareness (44–63)
Awareness of heartbeat
Awareness of pulse
Awareness of subtle vibration in body
Body felt as empty space
Awareness while stretching
Awareness while walking
Awareness while lying down
Awareness of spine energy
Awareness at sexual energy rise
Awareness after orgasm (classical text)
Awareness during intense pleasure
Awareness during intense pain
Awareness of touch
Awareness of weightlessness
Awareness of heaviness
Awareness of heat/cold
Awareness of hunger
Awareness of fullness
Body dissolving into space
Awareness of bodily boundary dissolving

E. Mind, thought & gap awareness (64–82)
Awareness between two thoughts
Watching thought arise
Watching thought dissolve
Awareness of “I” before thought
Sudden stopping of thought
Awareness of confusion
Awareness of doubt
Awareness of fear
Awareness of anger
Awareness of desire
Awareness of attachment
Awareness of boredom
Awareness of sleep onset
Awareness upon waking
Awareness during dream
Awareness of memory arising
Awareness of forgetting
Awareness of witnessing itself
Awareness of awareness

F. Emotion, devotion & surrender (83–97)
Total surrender to the moment
Devotion dissolving the self
Love without object
Compassion awareness
Gratitude awareness
Shock of sudden joy
Shock of sudden sorrow
Letting emotion consume the ego
Trust in existence
Falling into the unknown
Feeling “I am nothing”
Feeling “I am everything”
Letting go of control
Acceptance of what is
Total relaxation

Instant, radical awakenings (98–112)
Sudden awareness of death
Awareness of impermanence
Awareness of vastness
Awareness of insignificance
Awareness of infinity
Dropping effort completely
Being ordinary totally
Awareness of emptiness
Awareness of fullness
Awareness of non-duality
Awareness beyond witness
Awareness beyond technique
Awareness beyond seeker
Awareness beyond meditation
Simply being—without method